Describing the three great revolutions in the history, this book brings the crisis into full view and points towards our future.
Brilliantly incisive ... sparkling
The cost of government is no longer an ivory-tower whinge . . . [a] splendid diatribe
John Micklethwait is the Editor-in-Chief of The Economist; Adrian Wooldridge was its Washington bureau chief until 2009, and now serves as Management Editor and 'Schumpeter' columnist. They have written fi ve previous books together: The Company: A Short History of a Revolutionary Idea; A Future Perfect: The Challenge and Promise of Globalization; The Witchdoctors: Making Sense of the Management Gurus; The Right Nation: Why America is Different; and God is Back: How theGlobal Rise of Faith is Changing the World.